Fabric Choice for Cummerbund

[Aradun]

I’m trying to source a decent fabric for the CB and cod piece.  Polished cotton is apparently a thing of the past and only available via vintage fabric dealers online. Looking through selections at my local Joann Fabrics the best looking fabrics that catch the sheen of the originals are always a cotton-poly blend.    

Would a cotton-poly blend be lancer acceptable, as the CRL states the CB and Cod must be cotton for lancer specs but doesn’t stipulate 100% cotton?

Any recommendations from fellow Scouts on what cotton choices they went with, especially if you purchased from Joann Fabric?

 

[greenyone]

I went through this too.  Everything that is %100 cotton that has a "sheen" to it was incredibly thin and transparent.  Like cheap Walmart bed sheet.  I ended up just settling on something called "Drill Fabric" that I found at a JoAnne store.  It's like pants material in white.  So plenty durable, but not as much shine too it.  Maybe instead of coming up empty at the fabric store, see if you can find a high thread count set of bed sheets that has a sheen to it...but again, it would likely need to be pretty high thread count to be thick enough.

[Aradun]

2 hours ago, greenyone said:

I went through this too.  Everything that is %100 cotton that has a "sheen" to it was incredibly thin and transparent.  Like cheap Walmart bed sheet.  I ended up just settling on something called "Drill Fabric" that I found at a JoAnne store.  It's like pants material in white.  So plenty durable, but not as much shine too it.  Maybe instead of coming up empty at the fabric store, see if you can find a high thread count set of bed sheets that has a sheen to it...but again, it would likely need to be pretty high thread count to be thick enough.

Thanks.  Drill Fabric is on my radar, but  has been impossible to find at Joann.  They always seem to be out of it.  Must be due to a ton of scouts living in my area 😉.  The bed sheet idea might be worth a look.

Some use a sateen fabric but I can’t find it in cotton.  It always 100% poly.

But if it can be a cotton-poly blend then that would open up some nice possibilities.